Apparently, the beatings will continue until morale improves. Whte people will never do more than get out of the way. Make that your goal for White people, and make preparation to take advantage of equality your goal for Black people.
Those who value penance over opportunity call to mind the line attributed apocryphally to Golda Meir: We will have peace when they love their children more than they hate us. White people will not "get to work." They may, however, let Black people get to work. Take the W.